The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-08
Montpelier and Vicinity.

a son.
"RoB" DEWEY is at home for two
weeks vacation.
G. A. REED and j. w. Brock went to
Canada Monday on fishing trip.
Mr.. WRIGHT is to conduct the meeting at
wrightsvile next Sunday at two P. M.
The band will play on the Academy
bridge Thursday evening of this week.
A YOUNG peoples meeting is held in the
Baptist church each Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock.
WE understand that Mr.. Fred c. Camp
has leased the hotel on Hathaways Point,
St. Albans, for the season.
e. A. LOWE leaves tomorrow for New
York city, where he will enter the employ
of an electric light company.
MRS GEORGE c. SHEPARD returns to
Montpelier this week from Cleveland, Ohio,
where she has been spending the winter.
e. E. TowNER has gone to Connecticut
with some fine horses recently purchased in
these parts by friend living in that state.
THE union young peoples prayer-meeting
Will tnlS week ne ntlu dJ Hdll-pdSJ StNtu
o'clock Friday evening in Bethany chapel.
OLIVE A. FISK, mother of Mrs A. l.. Carl
ton died at her home on Elm street on
Thursday of last week, aged seventy-nine
years.
Mrs. w. A. BRIGGS was the soprano of
the quartette which sang at the funeral of
Mrs. w. II. Dubois in West Randolph
Friday.
GOSPEL HYMNS will hereafter be used
in the Sunday evening meetings at Bethany
church and a chorus choir will lead the
service of song.
GEORGE BLANCHARD is suffering from the
temporary loss of one eye, the result of an
accident by which a small iron chip was
lodged in the eye-ball.
Mrs. ID. p THOMPSON and her son-in-law,
Hon. George b. Burrows, of Madison, Wis
consin, are in town visiting friends, intend
ing to remain about two weeks
j. H. SENTER, Esq, W. A. Briggs, II. A.
Huse, c. NJ. Bennett and two or three
others are planning to 60 to Camp Watson
next Monday for few days of lake fishing.
DUNCAN CLARK's FEMALE MINSTREL Com
PANY will give an entertainment at the
Blanchard Opera-house, Montpelier, June
21st, and also at the Barre Opera-house
June 22d.
A SERVICE of dedication is to be held in
the Church of the NJ Nssiah on the morning
of Childrens Sunday, June ~, and a
Sunday-school concert in the evening at
seven o'clock.
THE annual conference of Washington
county Congregational churches is in ses-
sion at Berlin, and to-day occurs the ordina-
ton and installation of Rev. j. j. Hall as
pastor of the church at that place.
MR.. l.. B. HUNTINGTON was in Washing
ton, VT, the other day, and saw horse at
work on a small farm there that he saw at
the same place thirty-six years ago. The
animal is still in good working order.
JUNE 18th will be observed as Children's s
Sunday at Bethany church. There will
be sermon to the children and baptismal
services in the forenoon and a children's
concert at seven o'clock in the evening.
H. II. ScRIBNER is in New York to be pres
ent at the wedding of friend, which occurs
in that city to-day. He expects to be away
about two weeks and j. w. F. Washburn
will play the organ at Christ church during
his absence.
H. w. KEMP, NJ. Z. Smile, j. w. Dillon,
F. II. Atherton and II. w. Lyford spent
two or three days fishing at Highgate
Springs last week. They chartered Pen
nimans new kerosene yacht and did -
Misssquoi Bay pretty thoroughly.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JAMES DINsMooR of Sterling,
Illinois, have been visiting at E. r. Skinner s
for few days past Mrs. Dinsmoor was
formerly Mrs. Mary NJ. True of Montpelier.
Her marriage to Mr.. Dinsmoor occurred in
Milwaukee on Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. w. A. BRIGGS of Montpelier was the
soprano soloist and the audience attested
its appreciation of her singing by frequent
applause. f. w. Bancroft of Montpelier,
the tenor soloist, has finely-cultivated
voice and was good in each number.-St.
JohnSbury CdtedOnidn.
BURLINGTON, st. Adams and st. Johns
bury papers are lamenting the fact that the
bands in their respective towns are stared
in the face by financial ruin and are likely
to dsband unless speedy relief is afforded.
So it seems that Montpelier is not the only
place in Vermont where the local band
looks to the people for support.
SEMINARY HILL was the scene of base
ball contest between the Goddard Seminary
and Montpelier mines on Saturday after
noon. The former were beaten by score
of twenty-six to nine. The Montpelier
Juniors beat the Barre Juniors ON the
school grounds the same afternoon, the
score standing twenty-four to seventeen.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-offce June 4, 1887
Mrs. Mary D. Barton, A. Mason,
Miss Mary Mtcha, John OClair
Nelson Ellsworth +. r. Smith,
Vim. H. Formosa, Charles Sanders
Harry Greenwood
Parties applying for any of the above must
say " advertised " and give the date
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
THE hall, Office and dining-room of the
Pavilion have been handsomely frescoed by
Shilvock and Munsell of st. Albans, and
now present an attractive appearance. The
hotel has new chief-cook, Mr.. Seaver OF
Boston, who is proving more satisfactory
, than his predecessors. The Pavilion is
now in an excellent condition for summer